Chapter 6:

Caught Red Handed:

Well, I basically thought that when I stayed up after bedtime, I wouldn't get caught, and I figured I could just sneak back in my dome room without waking anybody up. In both cases, I was wrong, but good thing it was only Johnny, Kazuya and Django. They were waiting for my explanation, but I don't really want to go through the details right now so I can get to the point soon. I told them what happened and then we went off to bed. It is now morning at least 2 hours before class actually begins, and we thought we were going to get to sleep as much as we usually do. Again, we thought wrong. All of a sudden, some security came up to our room and as soon as we let them in and as we answered the" Are you this person?" question, which in this case it was me, they took me off somewhere without any kind of explanation. But let's just say, I wasn't off the hook for staying up a while before I went to bed. Basically I was put in a room full of teachers and the councilor while they discuss what they should do with me. Mr. Shrewd wanted me out of this university and insisted that I go, but then after a while longer, decided to put me in a test to see if I could stay. But also, Django ended up overhearing the conversation and tried to intervene.

"You can't just do that! He's new here and still trying to get accustomed to this place!"

"Then you can be the 1 accustoming him away from this school if he loses, cause you're now being part of this test! You 2 will duel against anyone I choose in a tag match, and if you lose, you both are OUT!" (Don't worry. I'll try to think of someone other than the Paradox Bros, as much as I want to pound them). After that, everyone agreed, except my brother and I, since I didn't want that type of match. However, I never really backed out of a match before and I don't plan on starting now. So we got back to the room and tolled the guys everything.

"Whoa. That's not really fair!" exclaimed Johnny.

"Yeah. Who knows who he'll make you duel?!" said Kazuya. As I thought to myself, I came to realize that Kazuya was right. The least Shrewd could've done was tell us who our opponents would be. But, we already accepted the terms so all we can do is wait and prepare for the day when our duel comes up.

"Bro, I guess to prepare, there's only 1 way that works best," I told Django

"I agree Shadow." He knew what I was talking about. So the 4 of us ended up going outside to a little part outside of our dome to duel.

"I'll start this game off with my X-Head Cannon!" He played a blue machine with shoulder cannons and no legs with 1800 attack points in attack mode. But I knew very well there was more in store for me. "Next I activate the Continuous Spell Card: Frontline Base! Now once per turn, I'm allowed to special summon a union monster from my hand, as long as it's a level 4 or below. So I now summon my Y-Dragon Head!" He played a red dragon machine with 1500 attack points. "I now use his effect! He equips itself to X-Head Cannon, giving him 400 extra attack points! Now my cannon has 2200 attack points! I'll end with a facedown card. Your move little bro."

"Heh. You always were a good machine-type deck user. I believe you were 1 of the best back at home. And now I'm here to show you the power of my dragons! Look out! Cause now I summon Dark Blade! And now I also activate the Double Summon spell card! Now I can use it's magic to summon once more this turn. So now I'll use it to summon my own union monster: Pitch-Dark Dragon!" I summoned a dark dragon that was a tad bit bigger than humans with 900 attack points. "Now I can equip him to my Dark Blade and give him 400 more attack points! So now our monsters are even, but maybe not. I play Mystical Space Typhoon on Y-Dragon Head, making X-Head Cannon go back where he started from!"

"Very Clever Shadow."

"But I'm not done yet, cause I now send my Dark Blade to take out you X-Head Cannon!" The attack was a success, and so he lost 400 attack points. "And with a facedown card I'm done."

Shadow: 4000 Django: 3600

"I draw! I activate Card of Sanctity! Now we both draw until we have 6 cards in our hand. And I activate my Monster Reborn! So now I bring back my X-Head Cannon!"

"Why would you want him back? Unless…"

"You thought right, cause I have some more cards to play. I activate my facedown card: Rollout! This allows me to take a union monster in my graveyard and equip it to an appropriate monster on my field. So I choose my Y-Dragon Head!! And now I un-equip him."

"Bro, don't tell me you have…" But as Shadow tried to finish his sentence, he was interrupted.

"I summon Z-Metal Tank!" He summoned a yellow mini-tank with 1500 more attack points. "So now I remove my 3 monsters from play to summon my XYZ-Dragon Cannon!" His 3 monsters combined to form a mini humanlike turret/tank with 2800 attack points. "And now with his effect, I discard this card to destroy your Dark Blade!"

"Crud!" I had to watch as his monster then destroyed both my warrior and my dragon to smithereens.

"Try to hang in there bro, cause this may hurt! XYZ-Dragon Cannon, attack him directly with Cannon Fire Storm!"

"AHHHHHH!!!" Shadow: 1200 Django: 3600

"I'd say you've had enough this turn, so I'll end it there with 1 more facedown."

"Man, this is a pretty fun duel for a practice. So I'll continue with my facedown Jar of Greed! So I get to draw 1 card. Now I play Magical Stone Excavation! I discard 2 cards from my hand to return 1 spell card to my hand. Now I'll set these 4 facedown cards and end my turn."

"No monsters? Fine then. I'll end this duel soon. I summon V-Tiger Jet!" He summoned a yellow and turquoise tiger jet with 1600 attack points. "I also use Frontline Base to summon my W-Wing Catapult!" He then summoned a blue small fighter aircraft with 1300 attack points. "I now remove them from play to summon my VW-Tiger Catapult!" His monsters combined to summon a jet fighter with 2000 attack points. "But now I remove my Catapult and my Cannon to summon my VWXYZ-Dragon Catapult Cannon!" His 2 monsters fused to summon a giant machine with 3000 attack points.

"I activate my Threatening Roar! You can't attack this turn!"

"Too bad bro. This is your last turn so make it count."

"I will, so now I DRAW!! I activate my facedown Zero Gravity Trap! Now you monster switches to defense mode!"

"You can do better than that."

"Which I'm about to do! I activate my facedown Revival Gift! So you get 2 tokens and I get a Tuner Monster back from my graveyard! So I bring back My Magna Drago!"

"A tuner monster? Wait, you are planning…"

"To summon a Synchro Monster. Yes I am! I activate my Cost Down! Now I discard a card in my hand to summon my White-Horned Dragon! Now I tune my Magna Drago to my White-Horned Dragon to Synchro Summon my Red Dragon Archfiend!"

"Impressive little bro. Too bad my monsters are in defense mode and I have 3 monsters, so my life points aren't touched."

"Red Dragon Archfiend! Attack 1 of his tokens with Absolute Power Force!" As my dragon's attack hit the token, the other 2 monsters then were engulfed in flames and then destroyed.

"Wait, how are all 3 of my monsters gone?!"

"It's my dragon's effect. When he destroys a monster in defense mode, all your defense monsters go to the graveyard with him. But that's the least of your worries, because I activate my final trap card, Lineage of Destruction!"

"What does that do?"

"This card can only be activated when a monster on your field is destroyed while in defense mode. My dragon gets an extra attack for every monster destroyed by his effect that was in defense mode. And last I checked, 2 of your monsters fit that requirement! So now, Red Dragon Archfiend, FINISH THIS DUEL!! SCORCHING CRIMSON FLARE!!"

Shadow: 1200Django: 0

"That was a great duel bro. At this rate we can take down anyone Shrewd throws our way!"

"I heard that Django!"

"At this rate, you could hold your own against The Kaiser."

"Did someone say my name?"
To be continued…